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Israel Affairs, Oct 2, 2014
This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using publ... more This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using public choice theory and socio-cultural variables as explanations. It develops a theoretical framework that views the decision-making process (1999-2004) as dictated by several conditions: non-governability, the judicialization of politics and the special characteristics of civil society in Israel. It emphasizes the existence of an outcome-directed, participative political culture with alternative (instrumental) characteristics. Thus, the call for social change is characterized by protest and challenges to the authorities. These considerations have received less emphasis in the human rights literature.
Routledge eBooks, Oct 20, 2022
Political Geography, Apr 1, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Oct 20, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Oct 20, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Oct 20, 2022
African Migrants and the Refugee Crisis, 2020
Food insecurity and climate change pose defining challenges of our time. Improved food security f... more Food insecurity and climate change pose defining challenges of our time. Improved food security for sustainable development is a key issue articulated at EU and international levels. Today, challenges around food security are numerous, diverse, and interrelated (fig. 1). Due to climate change, extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts and heatwaves are projected to increase in intensity and frequency, adversely affecting poor people already vulnerable to climate change impacts (Hallegatte et al. 2016) and exacerbating global food insecurity. In this policy brief, we outline six priority areas of urgent action for policy makers and private sector leaders in dryland areas to make the next harvests work for a sustainable future in the era of climate change.
Land, 2021
Hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid areas cover approximately 41% of the global land area... more Hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid areas cover approximately 41% of the global land area. The human population in drylands, currently estimated at 2.7 billion, faces limited access to sufficient, affordable, and nutritious food. We discuss the interlinkages among water security, environmental security, energy security, economic security, health security, and food security governance, and how they affect food security in drylands. Reliable and adequate water supply, and the prevention of water contamination, increase the potential for ample food, fodder, and fiber production. Protecting woodlands and rangelands increases food security by buffering the slow onset effects of climate change, including biodiversity loss, desertification, salinization, and land degradation. The protection of natural lands is expected to decrease environmental contamination, and simultaneously, reduce the transfer of diseases from wildlife to humans. Biofuel production and hydroelectric power plan...
African Diaspora, 2015
This article focuses on organizations and social patterns operating within the Eritrean asylum co... more This article focuses on organizations and social patterns operating within the Eritrean asylum community in Israel. We explore both community-based aid organizations and opposition groups, which together constitute, as we demonstrate, an Eritrean transnational civil society. The Eritrean community was created in Israel during the last few years with the arrival of Eritrean nationals fleeing their homeland and seeking protection. In our analysis, we consider how these organizations have developed as a unified exiled civil society and how they operate in the context of their State of origin (Eritrea) and of their State of asylum (Israel), while both States may effectively be present and/or absent in the community members’ lives, such that the resulting community comprises a unique transnational state.
International Migration, 2013
This article adopts a genealogical approach in examining Israeli immigration policy by focusing o... more This article adopts a genealogical approach in examining Israeli immigration policy by focusing on the situation confronting African asylum seekers who have been forced back into Egypt, detained and deported but who have not had their asylum claims properly assessed. Based on immigration policies formulated at the time of Israeli independence, whose principle objective was to secure a Jewish majority state, we argue that Israel's treatment of African asylum seekers as 'infiltrators'/economic migrants stems from an insistence on maintaining immigration as a sovereign issue formally isolated from other policy domains. Such an approach is not only in violation of Israel's commitment to the Refugee Convention, it directly contributes to policies which are ineffective and unduly harsh.
Israel Affairs, 2014
This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using publ... more This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using public choice theory and socio-cultural variables as explanations. It develops a theoretical framework that views the decision-making process (1999-2004) as dictated by several conditions: non-governability, the judicialization of politics and the special characteristics of civil society in Israel. It emphasizes the existence of an outcome-directed, participative political culture with alternative (instrumental) characteristics. Thus, the call for social change is characterized by protest and challenges to the authorities. These considerations have received less emphasis in the human rights literature.
This article adopts a genealogical approach in examining Israeli immigration policy by focusing o... more This article adopts a genealogical approach in examining Israeli immigration policy by focusing on the situation confronting African asylum seekers who have been forced back into Egypt, detained and deported but who have not had their asylum claims properly assessed. Based on immigration policies formulated at the time of Israeli independence, whose principle objective was to secure a Jewish majority state, we argue that Israel's treatment of African asylum seekers as 'infiltrators'/economic migrants stems from an insistence on maintaining immigration as a sovereign issue formally isolated from other policy domains. Such an approach is not only in violation of Israel's commitment to the Refugee Convention, it directly contributes to policies which are ineffective and unduly harsh.
Promoting inclusiveness in the Dutch policy agenda on trade and international cooperation This ... more Promoting inclusiveness in the Dutch policy agenda on trade and international cooperation
This contribution is part of a consultation for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on how to promote inclusiveness in the Dutch policy agenda on trade and international cooperation
Elections in Nigeria - Buhari and the future of democracy in Nigeria
This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using pub... more This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in
Israel by using public choice theory and socio-cultural variables as explanations.
Israel Affairs, Oct 2, 2014
This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using publ... more This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using public choice theory and socio-cultural variables as explanations. It develops a theoretical framework that views the decision-making process (1999-2004) as dictated by several conditions: non-governability, the judicialization of politics and the special characteristics of civil society in Israel. It emphasizes the existence of an outcome-directed, participative political culture with alternative (instrumental) characteristics. Thus, the call for social change is characterized by protest and challenges to the authorities. These considerations have received less emphasis in the human rights literature.
Routledge eBooks, Oct 20, 2022
Political Geography, Apr 1, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Oct 20, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Oct 20, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Oct 20, 2022
African Migrants and the Refugee Crisis, 2020
Food insecurity and climate change pose defining challenges of our time. Improved food security f... more Food insecurity and climate change pose defining challenges of our time. Improved food security for sustainable development is a key issue articulated at EU and international levels. Today, challenges around food security are numerous, diverse, and interrelated (fig. 1). Due to climate change, extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts and heatwaves are projected to increase in intensity and frequency, adversely affecting poor people already vulnerable to climate change impacts (Hallegatte et al. 2016) and exacerbating global food insecurity. In this policy brief, we outline six priority areas of urgent action for policy makers and private sector leaders in dryland areas to make the next harvests work for a sustainable future in the era of climate change.
Land, 2021
Hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid areas cover approximately 41% of the global land area... more Hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid areas cover approximately 41% of the global land area. The human population in drylands, currently estimated at 2.7 billion, faces limited access to sufficient, affordable, and nutritious food. We discuss the interlinkages among water security, environmental security, energy security, economic security, health security, and food security governance, and how they affect food security in drylands. Reliable and adequate water supply, and the prevention of water contamination, increase the potential for ample food, fodder, and fiber production. Protecting woodlands and rangelands increases food security by buffering the slow onset effects of climate change, including biodiversity loss, desertification, salinization, and land degradation. The protection of natural lands is expected to decrease environmental contamination, and simultaneously, reduce the transfer of diseases from wildlife to humans. Biofuel production and hydroelectric power plan...
African Diaspora, 2015
This article focuses on organizations and social patterns operating within the Eritrean asylum co... more This article focuses on organizations and social patterns operating within the Eritrean asylum community in Israel. We explore both community-based aid organizations and opposition groups, which together constitute, as we demonstrate, an Eritrean transnational civil society. The Eritrean community was created in Israel during the last few years with the arrival of Eritrean nationals fleeing their homeland and seeking protection. In our analysis, we consider how these organizations have developed as a unified exiled civil society and how they operate in the context of their State of origin (Eritrea) and of their State of asylum (Israel), while both States may effectively be present and/or absent in the community members’ lives, such that the resulting community comprises a unique transnational state.
International Migration, 2013
This article adopts a genealogical approach in examining Israeli immigration policy by focusing o... more This article adopts a genealogical approach in examining Israeli immigration policy by focusing on the situation confronting African asylum seekers who have been forced back into Egypt, detained and deported but who have not had their asylum claims properly assessed. Based on immigration policies formulated at the time of Israeli independence, whose principle objective was to secure a Jewish majority state, we argue that Israel's treatment of African asylum seekers as 'infiltrators'/economic migrants stems from an insistence on maintaining immigration as a sovereign issue formally isolated from other policy domains. Such an approach is not only in violation of Israel's commitment to the Refugee Convention, it directly contributes to policies which are ineffective and unduly harsh.
Israel Affairs, 2014
This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using publ... more This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using public choice theory and socio-cultural variables as explanations. It develops a theoretical framework that views the decision-making process (1999-2004) as dictated by several conditions: non-governability, the judicialization of politics and the special characteristics of civil society in Israel. It emphasizes the existence of an outcome-directed, participative political culture with alternative (instrumental) characteristics. Thus, the call for social change is characterized by protest and challenges to the authorities. These considerations have received less emphasis in the human rights literature.
This article adopts a genealogical approach in examining Israeli immigration policy by focusing o... more This article adopts a genealogical approach in examining Israeli immigration policy by focusing on the situation confronting African asylum seekers who have been forced back into Egypt, detained and deported but who have not had their asylum claims properly assessed. Based on immigration policies formulated at the time of Israeli independence, whose principle objective was to secure a Jewish majority state, we argue that Israel's treatment of African asylum seekers as 'infiltrators'/economic migrants stems from an insistence on maintaining immigration as a sovereign issue formally isolated from other policy domains. Such an approach is not only in violation of Israel's commitment to the Refugee Convention, it directly contributes to policies which are ineffective and unduly harsh.
Promoting inclusiveness in the Dutch policy agenda on trade and international cooperation This ... more Promoting inclusiveness in the Dutch policy agenda on trade and international cooperation
This contribution is part of a consultation for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on how to promote inclusiveness in the Dutch policy agenda on trade and international cooperation
Elections in Nigeria - Buhari and the future of democracy in Nigeria
This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in Israel by using pub... more This article analyses the attempts to establish a human rights commission in
Israel by using public choice theory and socio-cultural variables as explanations.